Question follow-through · 61492
Shipping: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve skills in the maritime sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve skills in the maritime sector.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department remains committed to supporting the development of the UK’s future maritime workforce. Maritime training transforms opportunities, contributing to UK economic growth, boosting individual earnings, employment prospects, and social mobility. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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